A Six-Word Memoir® is the story of your life—some part of it or all of it—told in exactly
six words.

In classrooms and boardrooms,
churches and synagogues, veteran's groups
and across the dinner table, Six-Word Memoirs
have become a powerful tool to catalyze
conversation, spark imagination or simply
break the ice.

Here on Six Words,
we offer a simple platform to share the short,
sharp story of your life, as well as provide daily
prompts to share your six-word takes on the topics of
our times.

More than half a million short stories have
been shared here.
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It's something I continue to wrestle with. From what I've been told, we are more the same pea than peas in the same pod. We certainly LOOK alike. So why is it that I have so much trouble referring to her as "my daughter"? Is it because, despite the fact that our genetic connection is a given, we have zero personal history. I may be her REAL Dad, but the only guy she has probably ever called "Dad" is dead. I'm hoping that, one day, referring to her as "my daughter" won't feel strange or inappropriate, but as natural as breathing.